brainspam - my family thinks I dont exist - pimp heart - dogs and cats

Here comes the stream.

So I'm making this video for my mom's 50th birthday. It's a slideshow, essentially, but I'm doing it with final cut so that I have a lot more control over it. My sister sent me about a million pictures of our family and I just noticed something (I'm about 80% finished, just a few more sections left). I'm not in the pictures.

I mean, I'm in some of them. But I don't think I have any solo pictures and certainly no baby pictures. I figured, alright, so what. A little weird but I can just scan some pictures in. So I go to the album cabinet... all my albums are gone too. I'm pretty sure I exist, so this is mildly confusing to me. Anyway her birthday is soon so this needs to be remedied.

I like that term, remedy, used as a verb. Remedy as a noun is lame unless you are talking about apothecaries or alchemists or spooky witch doctors. Remedy as a verb is badass. It is pimp status. As seen in the movie braveheart, "well thats something we'll have to remedy," he says, as he spits game all over that girl on the mountain top. Good flick.



I'm about to head up to my home town and get my run and my dog walk on. I highly recommend watching the dog whisperer and/or reading books regarding dog psychology. Its really neat stuff, dogs are incredible. Might as well outline my understanding of the animal..

Dogs are pack animals. In nature, they live and hunt in packs. There is always an alpha male. This dog runs the show, he walks confidently in the direction that he thinks is best and the other dogs follow. This dog asserts his dominance by being the biggest or the strongest but he also most likely makes the best decisions for the group. (He also gets the bitch). In nature, dogs are always moving, they walk all the time... the reason you should walk your dog everyday, if you don't you are a big jerk and should find a way to make it happen.

So dogs follow humans, why? Dogs are pack animals, humans become their pack. Dogs are very perceptive though, they read into the way you say or do things more than what you are saying. For instance, if you are a little bitch, aren't confident, and are always fiending for your dogs attention... then guess what? Your dog will not see a dominant leader and will attempt to fill the position. This is why dogs bite, growl, and basically do anything else that is unacceptable. In the dogs mind, it is the leader. The thing is, dogs like having a leader to follow, thats why they are such great animals. You can be dominant and benevolent, in fact, if you are an ass then you are just going to cause more problems.

But if you are confident and kind, but give your dog discipline... he will love and follow you until the end of his life. Dogs are amazing animals, they just need someone to follow.

So check out that show, the dog whisperer. Cesar milan is very talented and understands how dogs work really well.




Cats, on the other hand... I'm not against cats. They are really cute and equally awesome in their own way. It just has nothing to do with the way dogs operate or view the world. Cats are hunters. You put a cat out in the streets and itll find a way to survive because it views the world as a skeptic. A skeptic with amazing dexterity. Cats have their own plans. They sneak around, they'll take a rub down if they are in the mood, and theyll go about their business.



Thats not to say they cant be trained. Cats are very intelligent. I saw a video online once of some guy teaching a cat to press a button. Taught the cat very quickly. Aha! I found it.. Here's the video

Dolphins, though... you know what. I'm not even going to start talking about dolphins now. You are going to have to wait. Dolphins are absolutely amazing and they win my award for "Favorite animal".

They'll get their own post.

In other news. Davesplat.blogspot... the name is hard to type even, let alone say. well done. Yea in other news davesplat mentioned the birth of observerparticles in his latest post. And we make our official debut to the web. Congratulations to myself.

And now the day must begin moving forward in a productive way.
Cheers
Chedder out